How dare you ever speak of love Open yourself up Show your heart to us We need proof so let us see Is it beating? We've got to see it beat Is it beating? Blood don't bother us Something inside animates It festers, oozes poison hate We cut it out but way too late A wretch that can't be saved Something inside animates We've laid our hands and we've all prayed How dare you speak of love With a heart so shriveled up We're washed in blood, it don't bother us We're washed in blood, it don't bother us How dare you speak of love With a heart so shriveled up My heart is all that I've got But I wouldn't give it a second thought I won't open now I'm weak Reach inside into me to feel my heart beating Something inside animates It festers, oozes poison hate We cut it out but way too late A wretch that can't be saved Something inside animates We've laid our hands and we've all prayed How dare you speak of love With a heart so shriveled up Scrub me into blood No reason left to scream Bloodshot and wide awake White knuckle pillowcase The cleanliness you chase Washed in the blood My heart is all that I've got My heart is all that I've got But I wouldn't give it a second thought I won't open now I'm weak Reach inside into me to feel my heart beating We're washed in blood, it don't bother us We're washed in blood, it don't bother us How dare you speak of love Washed in the blood With a heart so shriveled up Something inside animates How dare you speak of love With a heart so shriveled up